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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 10, 2002Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2002, 5:44 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2002, 5:44 PM MST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2002, 8:45 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2002-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2002-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 514 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
514 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
537 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KFGZ 110044
FFWFGZ
AZC005-025-110345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
543 PM MST TUE SEP 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNDS PARK
  EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CAMP VERDE...VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK...
  SEDONA

* UNTIL 845 PM MST

* AT 543 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MUNDS PARK AND SEDONA    
  SOUTHWARD TO CAMP VERDE AND RIM ROCK.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS  
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BIG PARK...CORNVILLE...PAGE
  SPRINGS...RIMROCK...MCGUIREVILLE AND MIDDLE VERDE

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3441 11193 3436 11175 3458 11157 3498 11145
          3496 11201

The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 5:01 PM MSTTornado WarningFGZApache29 min
Sep 10, 5:01 PM MSTTornado WarningFGZApache29 min
Sep 10, 5:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Gila37 min
Sep 10, 5:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai34 min
Sep 10, 5:43 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai2 hr
Sep 10, 5:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache, Navajo3 hr
Sep 10, 5:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache, Navajo2 hr
Sep 10, 5:55 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino2 hr
Sep 10, 5:58 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino3 hr
Sep 10, 7:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache105 min
Sep 10, 7:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache45 min
Sep 10, 8:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai25 min
Sep 10, 8:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai36 min
Sep 10, 9:40 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache65 min
Sep 10, 9:49 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache116 min
Sep 11, 1:25 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino3 hr
Sep 11, 1:25 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino2 hr
Sep 11, 12:25 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino3 hr
Sep 11, 12:25 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino110 min
Sep 11, 12:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Navajo32 min
Sep 11, 2:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo45 min
Sep 11, 3:05 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino3 hr
Sep 11, 3:05 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.